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    "id": 542912,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Magwanga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Oyugi Magwanga",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the adoption of the Report of the Fifth Ordinary Session of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP). This Motion is timely and it tries to address the issues affecting Africans. African states have been crying every day for being marginalized and for not developing but all these goes back to our leadership. It goes back to the way we manage things. It also goes back to the way we behave. The PAP, I hope addressed the issue of corruption which is eating African states which is very critical. Most of the developed countries have declared zero tolerance to corruption and that is how they developed and they are still developing. I want to urge the House to adopt this Report. When it comes to the issues of security, security is very critical for African states, it is not good and neither is it economical given what is happening in South Africa where immigrants and other states’ citizens are being killed and harassed. I want to say that we need to appreciate one another even if we are in this country advocating for various political beliefs or ideologies. We need to appreciate one another. We need to see one another as brothers and encourage the brotherhood to ensure that we protect ourselves. Should we fail to offer security to ourselves and to support the laws which are enacted, we may not go anywhere. We will all die in this country. So, we must appreciate and support every measure that is put in place to ensure there is security. This is really sad. In the 21st Century, we encourage the African States to address food security issues to ensure that everyone has enough food and clean safe drinking water. This will improve our living standards. I am just from a conference in Washington where we were trying to analyse land and poverty. How does land contribute to poverty? We farm in Africa. We do not do much because as we continue to farm, we continue to get poorer. Do we put the best mechanisms in place to ensure that we reap the maximum from the farming techniques that we apply? So, we need to ensure that the vast land that we have gives us the maximum benefits. That way, we shall be economically empowered."
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